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Show OGDEN PICTURES IRE ' TO RECEIVE WIDE RECOGNITION Congratulations are pouring In dally on President Albert Scowcroft and Sec-rotary Sec-rotary W. Fred Bossner of tho Ogden Pictures corporation' from "inovlo" magnates and distributors all ovej the country upon the entrance of the new local company into the motion picture producing field. The congratulatory letters also mention Lillian "Walker, the O. P. C star, and Aaron noffman, the noted scenario writer, as unusually unusual-ly fortunate connections for tho company com-pany to have made. Mail for Miss Walker is also beginning to pile up at the office ol the company in the Al-hambia. Al-hambia. theatre building, this already being an evidence of the broad advertising adver-tising this city -will obtain through having "Dimples" in its midst for a time. " Complimentary recognition is also being given the Ogden Pictures coi'-poration coi'-poration in prominent motion picture , magazines. Concerning it, the Motion Picture World, date of April 7. had the following to say under tho Iteading of "Lillian Walker Going to Utah-" "A combination has oust been effected effect-ed In the motion picture world which will bring Into one company Lillian Walker, whose attractions as a player aro known throughout the industry; Aaron Hoffman, author of scores of dramatic and screen successes, and Harry Revier, director. The Ogden Pictures corporation will produce a class of pictures that will deal with themes of modern life. They will not be preachments, but five-real comedy-drama comedy-drama features, fitted to Miss Walker's Walk-er's talents. A distributing arrangement arrange-ment is being worked out which will give theso features the widest possible circulation. "Tho Ogden Pictures corporation, capitalized at $100,000, at Ogden, Utah, Is backed by Ogden capital. Lester Park; vice president and general manager, man-ager, Is In New York organizing a supporting sup-porting company. Work on the first feature Is expected to begin within a few weeks Albert Scowcroft, a leading lead-ing Utah business man and a pioneer in the film business, is president. The secretary and treasurer is W. Fred Bossner, familiarly known as 'Boz.' J. J O'Conner is general representative. The other directors are: W. H. Wat-tls, Wat-tls, president of the Utah Construction Construc-tion company; Mayor Abbot R. Hey-wood Hey-wood of Ogden; Fred G. Taylor, secretary secre-tary and general manager of the Amalgamated Amal-gamated Sugar company; R. B. Porter of the Dee interests In Utah, and Dr. W. H. Petty. "The Ogden studio will be the first motion picture studio to be placed in operation between Chicago and the Pacific coast. "Mr Hoffman is well known. Of his numerous playlets, 'The Cherry Tree' was considered as attaining the high water mark in dramatic acts for vaudeville vaude-ville until his present sketch, 'The Question,' at Keith's Palace on Broadway Broad-way last wreek proved to be a still greater success. Not only is he a leader among the vaudeville playwrights play-wrights and producers, but he has also written most of the clever monologues used in recent years by Sam Bernard, Nat Wills, Lew Dockstader, the late Cliff Gordon, Julian Ross, Joe Welch and others " oo |